Arkansas Tech baseball saw its season-high six-game winning streak snapped Sunday as the Wonder Boys fell 13-11 in its Gulf South Conference series finale with Arkansas-Monticello at Tech Field.

Tech, who fell to 16-18-1 overall on the season and 5-1 in the GSC, fell into a second-place tie with Southern Arkansas in the GSC West Division standings after its loss to the Boll Weevils.

UAM rightfielder Haley Hougen's three-run homer to straight-away center field off of junior Cody Taylor proved to be the game winner for the Boll Weevils in the top of the eighth inning. Hougen's homer, his GSC leading 10th of the season, allowed UAM to come back from an 11-10 deficit and improve to 4-25 on the season and 2-4 in the GSC.

For the game, both teams combined to use 10 pitchers who allowed 29 hits and 24 runs.

Tech opened the game with a run in the first inning thanks to an RBI single by junior third baseman Jantzen Black. His single allowed sophomore second baseman Josh Holloway to score from third base. Holloway had led off the inning with a bunt single, then moved to second on a stolen base and advanced to third on a fly out.

UAM, though, came right back in the top of the second and tied the game on a solo homer by Gustavo Villegas off of Tech junior starter Zach Weiss. In the third inning, UAM added three runs, including two on a two-run double by Hougen to push out to 4-1 lead.

Tech moved within 4-2 in the bottom of the third inning as Black scored thanks to a three-base error by UAM centerfielder Jon Michael Kidd on his long single to centerfield.

UAM, though, pushed its lead to 8-2 in the top of the fourth inning thanks to three hits and two walks. The big hit in the inning was a three-run double by Nate Black off of junior lefthander Wade Pressley.

The Wonder Boys, though, won't go down without a fight as they came right back in the bottom of the fourth and used four hits, including a three-run double off of UAM starter Ross Ashley by Holloway to pull within 8-6. The damage could've been worse but junior catcher David Gaines lined into a double play.

After UAM added a run in the fifth to take a 9-6 lead, Tech used a solo home run by sophomore leftfielder Josh Govan and an RBI single by sophomore designated hitter Robbie Hohler to pull within 9-8. Govan's homer was his sixth of the season.

UAM added another run in the sixth inning thanks to Hougen double and an RBI single by Chris Watley off of junior Blake Bailey, the fourth Tech pitcher, to extend its lead to 10-8. Tech came right back and answered in the bottom of the sixth as it used two hits, two walks and a wild pitch to score three runs to push in front 11-10.

After neither team scored in the seventh inning, UAM opened the eighth with a lead off double by Black and a single by Villegas, which chased Bailey from the game. Taylor relieved Bailey and proceeded to allow Hougen's three-run homer to give UAM a 13-11 lead.

Bailey (1-1) picked up the loss for Tech as he pitched two innings and allowed four hits and three runs, while striking out one.

Hougen's homer made a winner out of Coulter Zoch (3-5), the fourth UAM pitcher in the game. Zoch, who lost Saturday's series opener, pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed four hits and three runs, while striking out two and walking two. David Nix, the loser in Saturday's second game, earned the save by pitching the final two innings and allowing just one hit and striking out two.

Black led Tech's offense with three hits and two runs scored, while Holloway had two hits and three RBI. In addition, three other Wonder Boys recorded two hits to pace Tech's 14-hit attack. Meanwhile, Hougen led UAM's 15-hit attack with three hits and five RBI, while Villegas and Black also had three hits and three RBI in the win.

Tech will return to action at 4 p.m. today when it makes its annual spring break trip to Pensacola, Fla., to face West Florida. The Wonder Boys open the UWF series with a doubleheader and will conclude the series at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with a single nine-inning game.